visual content

With more and more competition for our increasingly short attention spans, it’s no wonder we’re seeing reliance on visuals as the leading form of communication across the web. Even the most well-thought-out ideas and well-written content will get lost in the shuffle if the visual elements aren’t equally compelling—or don’t communicate the right message. That’s why the imagery you choose should be as strategic as the written message behind it. It’s not enough to settle for the first applicable image you find in your stock library—you need to ensure every image is on brand and conveys the right idea. Download this whitepaper for a few ways to use imagery to meet your brand’s content marketing objectives.

People control their own consumer journeys. Consumers expect a borderless world in which they roam freely between a brand’s social media channels, email campaigns, blogs and e-commerce site, effortlessly buying things that catch their eye. It’s led to a sporadic, personalized shopping journey that frequently begins on digital touchpoints that weren’t built for commerce. That’s made it increasingly complex for brands hoping to meet customers’ needs and measure the results of their marketing strategies. At the center of this new customer-driven revolution is visual content. Images and videos play starring roles in the decisionmaking process, and provide consumers with a whole new level of inspiration and knowledge. Every picture and video clip is now the entrance to a digital storefront, meaning brands can use them to drive not only engagement but revenue.

Digital technology has completely changed how we discover products, engage with brands and share our experiences with others. Amazon revolutionized customer feedback and product reviews. Social media transformed the way people share word-of-mouth recommendations, connecting shoppers to off-the-cuff opinions, compelling visual content and real-life experiences from peers and influencers they follow and admire. Sure, TV, radio and print ads are still part of the mix but they hardly carry the same weight as they did in years passed. This statistic speaks volumes: 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations over branded advertising. With the advent of social media and digital technology, brands have a powerful new tool at their disposal that brings word-of-mouth to the masses: usergenerated content (UGC).

Olapic is an innovator in visual content solutions, offering the technology and expertise to help brands create authentic, personalized, and effective customer experiences along their entire journey. Through user-generated content – content that is earned from consumers; influencer-generated content – content that is requested from specific creators; and enhanced branded content – existing image or long-form video content that is transformed into short form videos, Olapic helps brands get the right visual content, use it across marketing channels, and understand its impact on performance and ROI.

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There are a wide variety of video platforms available, each offering a plethora of features. How do you decide which features you need and the features you don't need? In this paper you will receive ten tips and suggestions on how to make the correct choice for all of your online video platform needs.

By the end of 2015, millennials are set to overtake Baby Boomers as the largest living generation in the U.S. By 2017, they will carry the bulk of the spending power. The problem? This tech-savvy generation of consumers is also incredibly diverse. The key to effectively engaging millennials is recognizing that a “one-size-fits-all” strategy simply won’t cut it. In this guide, you’ll learn: - 14 influential millennial personas, from the “Brogrammer” to the “Millennial Mom”; - How to engage each of the 14 millennial personas through relevant imagery; - 5 proven ways to monetize your visual content across multiple marketing channels, from social to your website. Fill out the form to get your free guide, and start building lasting relationships with your millennial customers.

With billions of images shared daily across a growing number of channels and touchpoints, there are now more opportunities for people to consume content and discover products than ever before. The result? Visual commerce – the emerging need for marketers and brands to understand how images engage and convert consumers at every point of the purchase funnel. If this sounds familiar, then you're among the 77% of marketers who agree there's a growing amount of pressure to connect visual content to ROI. Get Your Complete Guide to Visual Commerce and learn how to: - Develop and source new, creative content for your brand. - Harness your visual data to discover which images really resonate with your fans. - Monetize your visual content, and measure the new ROI – Return on Image. So, are you ready to unlock the power of your visual content? Download your free marketing guide today.

When the numbers get this big, we tend to think of them only in the abstract: 500 million photos were shared per day in 2013 and 1.8 billion photos are being shared per day in 2014. That’s 75 million per hour, 1.25 million per minute and 20,833 per second. Olapic’s new visual commerce white paper places this content explosion in context. We filled it with data that matters, insights from our experience with over 150 brands and retailers, and strategic guidance for companies ready to plan their approach to the visual commerce opportunity. Download From Ripple to Wave: The Ascent of Authentic Visual Content now.

"So you drank the Kool-Aid and subscribed to the idea that your presentations need to ""tell a story"" and ""be more visual."" But how do you translate dry information into something that's compelling to your audience? When you get back to the basics and focus on the structure of the information you present, you'll find a new way to lay the groundwork for a clean and clear storyboard that will deliver the story and visuals you want. Watch this on-demand webinar to hear Cliff Atkinson, author of Beyond Bullet Points, talk about how you can turn dry content into a compelling presentation. "

Just about everyone claims to be doing content marketing, but far fewer organizations have a thought-out plan. According to Content Marketing Institute, only 44% of B2B marketers and 39% of B2C marketers have a documented content strategy. But as organizations scale content operations, workflows, distribution, and promotion, many are seeking tools to centralize, manage, and improve the process. That’s where content marketing software comes in. This software can help organize, automate, and visualize your efforts to create original content, as well as curate the content of others.

Its time! You're finally ready to harness the power of the visual web to increase engagement with your brand. But before you attract users to your Pinterest page, you want to have content for them to interact with, right? This guide will take you through the process of building your first boards.

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In today's visual web, consumers are sharing brands’ images at record pace, taking content from brands' websites and saving it to visual social media like Pinterest, where relevancy trumps recency. This behavior significantly extends the life of products, creating engagement with images long after they've been sold out or removed from brands' (digital) shelves. In fact, nearly 50% of Pinterest's top pins send users to expired product pages, dead links and 404 pages. This is a major, major red flag...

A results-focused, visual buyer’s guide that ranks the top vendors in the Content Management System industry.

Visual Patch 2.0 is a fast and efficient solution for software developers and content distributors who need to create software patches. Read through a comprehensive list of features, and learn about the system requirements of Visual Patch 2.0.

Tips and ideas for fashion and beauty retailers to influence millennial shopping behaviors across key digital channels. Download now!